I loved how my little "Whimsy Doodle" turned out so much I thought I'd start another one in the same way. I put a coating of clear gesso down first and then grabbed my old oil pastels and starting blocking in some colour. I have no idea how any of these are going to turn out, like I said, just an experiment to see what painting over resin is like. Hopefully I can turn them into something cool! You never know... ;)
After watching Wyanne's video today, I was inspired to use some of her techniques. Below is an acrylic wash with salt sprinkled on it and drops of alcohol. I can't wait to see what I am going to do with it!
In the pic below, the one in the front is also inspired directly from today's lesson... it is smudged charcoal on wood. I loved the effect the smudging had in Wyanne's painting so I thought I'd give it a shot. I'm kinda nervous, Wyanne makes it look so easy! I'm at a loss but diving straight in anyway! I always remind myself of this quote when I'm not exactly "feelin' it", "You shall not wait for inspiration, for it comes not while you wait, but while you work." (- Frederick Franck from "The Awakened Eye") Wish me luck!
The little one in the dark in the back is my "Whimsy Doodle", I thought it would look cool with a shiny resin coating ;)
So, the resin projects are on the dining room table curing... so far not too bad. There is a little reaction going on with the oil pastel project even though I coated it with a matte fixative to seal it before the resin coating. I must have missed a little spot cause the resin keeps moving away from it. Weird. Hopefully it will be fixable though as this is just the first coating and I will be painting over it. I'll keep you posted on how these little projects turn out! I'm definitely learning a lot, Wyanne is great!
(Dust is from Satan by the way... impossible to keep a piece completely free of dust specs! boo!)
Have a great week guys! :)
Thanks for sharing how you are going in Wyanne's class. It all looks really interesting. Experimenting with new techniques is a lot of fun! Its great to hear that you're learning heaps! Wini xo
ReplyDeleteI love your work. I found you, because you are now following me in twitter (oh how I love Social networking) If you haven't already, I would love to have you submit some of your doodles to the World Doodle Challenge that I have going on at my site and tell all your followers to do the same. we are trying to gather 1,000,000 doodles worldwide. Keep on being creative.
ReplyDeleteAll the best
Warren
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